document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=639304>Question 639304</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do I factor 25y^2 - 10y + 1? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I thought it was a perfect square trinomial, but that doesn't make sense because of the + 1. And I tried factoring it out by taking 5y out, but that doesn't match the answer in the back of my book. I don't know how they got that answer. The answer to the question is (5y - 1)^2. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "I thought it was a perfect square trinomial, but that doesn't make sense because of the + 1. And I tried factoring it out by taking 5y out, but that doesn't match the answer in the back of my book. I don't know how they got that answer. The answer to the question is (5y - 1)^2.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What's wrong with that?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-1*-1 = +1<BR>\n" );
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